Alberto Amoros, center, with his daughter, Lisa, left, and wife Ivis Ynguanzo hold a poster of his son, Anthony Amoros, 18, who died on Jan. 29 from the injuries he suffered in one-car accident.

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Alberto Amoros has been feeling as if he were drifting in a fog since his son Anthony's death a little more than a week ago. But as he mourns the sudden loss, the Pomona man is certain about one thing: Although his life was cut short, Anthony touched the lives of many people.

"I guess he was an angel here, helping people in the community," said Amoros, 62, a retired law-enforcement officer. "He knew a lot of people and touched a lot of people."

Anthony Amoros, a 2012 North Rockland High School graduate, died at about 12:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at Nyack Hospital. He was taken there for treatment for severe facial ...